Kolitagane appointed PS Agriculture

Fiji's newly-appointed permanent secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture David Kolitagane. Picture: SUPPLIED

Update: 1:41PM DAVID Kolitagane has been appointed as the permanent secretary for Agriculture.

A Government statement issued today said Mr Kolitagane, currently the acting permanent secretary for Infrastructure and Transport will continue to serve in his role as the acting permanent secretary concurrently until further notice.

Former permanent secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture Jitendra Singh is now the new permanent secretary for the Ministry of Public Enterprises following the withdrawal of his earlier letter of resignation.

The appointments by the Public Service Commission (PSC) that will take effect immediately were upon the agreement of Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.